Hi, I'm new to Daylilies and this forum. I have a daylily that I purchased by accident at Lowes. It was labeled wrong...isn't even close to what it was supposed to be but I didn't know that because there was no bloom and I don't know daylilies. It was supposed to match another one I bought and doesn't. It is doing better than any other ones I have tried and has survived for several years through drought, torrential rain, and even the hard freeze. The others did not. I would like to be able to get more like this one to plant a group of them but I haven't been able to identify it. I'm pretty sure it's probably something common that gardeners who know about daylilies know despite not being able to find a picture exactly like it in flower catalogues. Can anyone identify this for me? If it helps, it is in zone 9a, in coastal TX. The plant does not seem to be getting bigger but it reliably blooms every year and has multiple blooms. The blooms do seem to vary slightly in color. Sometimes they are more mauve and sometimes more rust but always a little bit of a brown undertone to the color. It isn't a bright clear tone. The center is a little greenish and the edges are kind of a mix of cream, yellow, and peach. I'm sure you can see my problem, I'm not even sure how to name the colors because they vary and look different in different light. Might also be part of what I like about it but makes it hard for me to identify

Of. As we approach 100,000 registered Daylilies, your chances of figuring out what that is get lower and lower. It might even be a one-off seedling. It looks like thousands of others, I would just try to find others that would complement it, or resemble it but you probably won't get an exact match.

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Unfortunately, Zoia is probably right, but maybe someone can make some suggestions. If no one recognizes it, maybe you can contact Lowe's to see what kind of daylilies they were selling when you bought it. It's possible someone just saw a lose tag and put it in the wrong pot. But that doesn't mean it isn't something they didn't sell at one point.

Reminds me of when I bought Lacy Doily. The picture on the label looked more like Black Eyed Stella!

@alp91
I do not have a clue on this flower. It is a cutie for sure.

Have you tried self-pollinating your mystery daylily? You might get seedlings that look similar, and have similar traits. That would be the 100% free solution.

Lowes has a website that lists what daylilies they theoretically have available, usually referenced on the plant tag if you still have it. You might check that for an ID

Lowes mislabelling on plants is rampant. And not just on daylilies. Their suppliers just don't seem to care

p.s. Welcome to the daylily forum.

Just a couple of points regarding the attempts to identify daylilies encountered in this manner & then attempting to ID them by SUGGESTED comparative visual characteristics .....
(1) Many (MOST?) collectors have a few such daylilies & they are satisfied to simply label them for themselves as a 'NOID' - ( 'No Idea' re ID) ie - 'NOID RED' ... or ... 'NOID Loew's RED 2021'
(2) Attempting to match what you have with internet suggestions might satisfy your curiosity, however, it can complicate plant ID's down the line. Consider that somebody tells you your plant looks like - or even 'confirms' for you - that it is 'Weird Luis's Red Underwear' ... And then you pass a few divisions on to others down the line as 'WLRU' will only complicate the daylily marketplace or collector's sources. (My recommendation is DON'T DO IT! - Consider being satisfied if you like your plant with (1) above.
(3) Much the same as (1) above, some daylily collectors simply give their plant a 'Personal Garden Name' (Instead of 'NOID') such as 'Tom's Toothbrush' AND ALWAYS reveal that identity as 'NR' (Not AHS Registered.)
(4) Your purchase could be one of several such scenarios - Someone's unregistered seedling; an unidentifiable actual AHS registered cultivar missing proper ID; some marketer's plant put 'Out There' with his own name (NOT involving AHS registration); etc. etc.
My suggestion is ALWAYS go with (1) above whenever you don't have real proof of a cultivar's ID.

Our chosen field of daylilies has become much more complicated in recent years what with cultivars in the current active marketplace with proper names BUT without being AHS registered (NR's) + Patented Cultivars + 'Dual Named' cultivars (Jersey early Bird Cardinal which is also AHS registered as 'Endless Heart'). Plus Trademarked Names (TM's) which may or not be AHS registered ... Seedlings ....